It was simplicity with sophistication, the outcome of repeated training ground drills at Lennoxtown put together in competitive action as Brendan Rodgers’ side turned on the style.
Daizen Maeda scored twice in a Man of the Match performance against Dundee last night as Scotland's Most Successful Club accelerated towards #title55.Starting his fourth year as a Celtic player the legend is growing by the game, alongside the high energy style of play the former Yokohama F Marinos man…
So he will get goals. What’s been really nice is to see the numbers that he’s able to get off the side but I still think that we would need another striker in. Definitely we would want to bring in someone else.
With Wifi access and a webcam there has been some fantastic content come to life this week as loyal bears point blank refuse to come to terms with Celtic taking their trophy total to 119, one more than the combined efforts of both Ibrox clubs even while using players they…
Perched in a seat close to where the West Stand meets the North Stand, Novin holds the camera steady as Maeda’s penalty hits the back of the net for the deciding moment in a contest that lasted close to three hours.
Maeda ran straight to Schmeichel who had no more penalties to face, the trophy was won and a party was about to start almost three hours after the match had been scheduled to start.
As a winger his dribbling or crossing aren’t especially impressive but in terms of effort, pressing and work rate he is every full-backs nightmare- not just James Tavernier’s.
When you are running at full pelt it is hard to put the brakes on, especially when thousands of fans are going wild after witnessing the most enjoyable three minutes of the season.
Another version of the discussion was that Maeda was due to fly back to Japan to complete his rehab but after a second scan revealed a very rapid recovery that plan was shelved with the player remaining at Lennoxtown with the expectation that he will soon be playing again.
Switching end, as fans used to do in the good old days, the camera picks up the build up play from Luis Palma, the thud of Matt O’Riley’s shot on the crossbar followed by Daizen Maeda popping the rebound into the net.